Advancing Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Practice

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Mental Health Practice

Evidence-Based Practice in Mental Health: A Cause for Concern for Occupational Therapists?

2003 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 168-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary Mairs
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Mental Health Practice ◽  
Opinion Piece

This opinion piece considers the profile of occupational therapy within the literature informing the evidence base for current mental health practice. It highlights a number of concerns for occupational therapists practising in this field and advocates that it is time to engage with the available evidence base and generate a research agenda to support the activity of mental health occupational therapists.

An Evaluation of the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure in Mental Health Practice

2002 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 515-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Warren
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Occupational Performance ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Mental Health Practice ◽  
Therapy Assessment ◽  
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure

The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) is a client-centred outcome measure designed for use by occupational therapists to demonstrate change in a client's self-perception of occupational performance over the course of occupational therapy. A review of the literature indicated that there had been limited research into the use of the COPM in mental health practice. The aim of this study was to formulate an occupational therapy assessment form based on the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and incorporating the COPM and to evaluate its effectiveness in mental health practice. A qualitative approach was used in this two-phase study with seven occupational therapists working in mental health practice. First, semi-structured interviews were completed to gain occupational therapists' reflections on the use of the COPM. Headings were then collated to devise an occupational therapy assessment form that incorporated the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and the COPM. The second phase involved piloting the form in a variety of mental health settings. The form was evaluated by a second interview to highlight the factors that facilitated or hindered the use of the form in mental health practice. This study indicates that the combination of the COPM with other assessment categories based on the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance has produced an occupational therapy assessment form that can be used in mental health practice.

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